Stocks are more unaffordable than ever, according to one measure. It currently requires 208 hours of work to buy one unit of the S&P 500 index, a record in Leuthold Group data going back to 1947.
Markets picked up in 2025 right where they left off late last year ... The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite each slipped 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked lower by 0.4% ...
The Dow lost 1.1% for the week ... The blowout jobs report is the biggest culprit for stocks getting hammered right now — with an assist from worries about inflation. But in the background ...
The Nasdaq is a stock exchange in its own right ... 43,449.9 points. Now, you might think that isn't too special. However, this loss marks the ninth straight down day for the Dow Jones in a ...